2004 Women's World Baseball Championship

2004 Women's World Baseball Championship
Tournament details
host	Canada
Period	July 30th - August 8th
Attendees	5
Defending champion	first edition
Bottom line
winner	United States (1st title)
Second	Japan
Third	Canada
Fourth	Australia
statistics
Games	14th
MVP	Laura Brenneman

The 2004 Women's Baseball World Cup was the first edition of this women's baseball competition and took place from July 30th to August 8th, 2004 in Edmonton . The game was played in the "Telus Field". A total of five teams took part in the tournament, although India and Bulgaria had registered and withdrew their participation before the start of the World Cup.

The team won the title from the United States .

Attendees

by continent (number of participations in brackets)

0 from Europe
2 from North and Central America	Canada (1)	United States (1)
0 from South America
0 from Africa
2 from Asia	Japan (1)	Chinese Taipei (1)
1 from Oceania	Australia (1)

→ Main article : 2004 Women's Baseball World Championship / Participant

Preliminary round

The best team after the preliminary round plays against the fourth, the second against the third in the semi-finals. The two winners play the final. If there is a tie in the table, the direct encounter decides.

table

Pl.	team	S.	N	Pzt.
1.	Canada	3	1	0.750
2.	United States	3	1	0.750
3.	Australia	2	2	0.500
4th	Japan	2	2	0.500
5.	Chinese Taipei	0	4th	0,000

(Final score)

Results

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
30th July	15:00	Telus Field, Edmonton	Chinese Taipei	-	Australia	5: 7
30th July	7:30 p.m.	Telus Field, Edmonton	Canada	-	Japan	8:10 (8)
July 31	15:00	Telus Field, Edmonton	Chinese Taipei	-	Japan	4: 5 (9)
July 31	19:05	Telus Field, Edmonton	Australia	-	United States	1: 5
August 1st	19:05	Telus Field, Edmonton	United States	-	Japan	5: 4 (9)
August 2nd	19:05	Telus Field, Edmonton	United States	-	Canada	1: 2
3rd August	19:05	Telus Field, Edmonton	Japan	-	Australia	1: 7
4th of August	19:05	Telus Field, Edmonton	Canada	-	Chinese Taipei	3: 2
5th of August	15:00	Telus Field, Edmonton	United States	-	Chinese Taipei	8: 1
5th of August	19:05	Telus Field, Edmonton	Australia	-	Canada	0: 5

Final round

Semifinals

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
August 7th	15:00	Telus Field, Edmonton	Australia	-	United States	2:12 (6)
August 7th	19:05	Telus Field, Edmonton	Japan	-	Canada	3: 1 (8)

3rd place match

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
8th August	14:00	Telus Field, Edmonton	Australia	-	Canada	3: 8

final

date	time	Stadion	encounter			Result
8th August	17:05	Telus Field, Edmonton	Japan	-	United States	0: 2

Awards

During the closing ceremony it was announced which players had been chosen to join the All Star Team and who had won the tournament awards.

All Star Team position Player Pitcher Laura Purser-Rose Hanami Watanabe Catcher Genevieve Beauchamp Alex Sickinger First base Samantha Magalas Second base Laura Brenneman Third base Chelsea Forkin Short stop Yu Kawamoto Outfield Kim Braatz-Voisard Karine Gagné Melanie Harwood Designated hitter Katie Gaynor

Tournament awards Award Player MVP Laura Brenneman Best hitter Shae Lillywhite Best running average achieved Dominisha Britton Best win / loss ratio Ella Holien Most runs taken Melanie Harwood Most of the stolen bases Miyuki Otomo Scored most runs Karine Gagné Outstanding defensive player Keri Lemasters

See also

Portal: Baseball  - Overview of Wikipedia content on baseball

• Baseball world championship (men)

Individual evidence

• World Championship 2004 at baseball-reference.com ( Memento from October 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive )